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Antaletriangle · 12-31-2008, 01:06 AM

Avid,i began one thread on a spate of earthquakes that has scientists a little concerned soley because of the amount of quakes that have occurred over the last few days, as in the list usgs states that 250+ occurred until yesterday in 3 days wherein the particular region concerned normally experiences 1-2,000 per year-that is quite a few mini quakes for such a short slice of time-i wasn't fear spreading just finger on the pulse of general activity-i studied geology years ago and still find it fascinating especially vulcanology.I was well aware of yellowstone when i was a kid and was informed at univ. about the super caldera and 640,000 yrs. since a last major eruption event.In simple it's well overdue for an eruption whether the mass media says yeah or nay-it could happen tomorrow or in a few thousand years-all that geologists are really able to do is to monitor volatiles,quakes and bedrock shifting to ascertain any immediate threat-if it blows in our lifetimes then we can say goodbye to terry wogan and a trip to the bookies!!lol.
Personally, i try and avoid mass media like the prov. plague and look for source and alternative information-i suppose some info. will be contaminated down the line at some point but it's about common sense and hard facts.
This isn't the geologist in me-i'm trying to forge a balance between a currently limited science factory with a mainstream hype and substance.
Hope this clarifies me a little matey.You also have the potential for half of las palmas sliding into the atlantic through a major quake event resulting in a massive tsunami...there are loads of potential hazards -most look to the obvious such as nuke attack,bio attack/pandemic etc.There are countless natural forms of catastrophe-i'm just wanting peeps to observe everything around them and don't be afraid as when something of this caliber goes off!!...The rest is self explanatory.

12-31-2008, 01:06 AM	#2
Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Re: The icing on the quake Avid,i began one thread on a spate of earthquakes that has scientists a little concerned soley because of the amount of quakes that have occurred over the last few days, as in the list usgs states that 250+ occurred until yesterday in 3 days wherein the particular region concerned normally experiences 1-2,000 per year-that is quite a few mini quakes for such a short slice of time-i wasn't fear spreading just finger on the pulse of general activity-i studied geology years ago and still find it fascinating especially vulcanology.I was well aware of yellowstone when i was a kid and was informed at univ. about the super caldera and 640,000 yrs. since a last major eruption event.In simple it's well overdue for an eruption whether the mass media says yeah or nay-it could happen tomorrow or in a few thousand years-all that geologists are really able to do is to monitor volatiles,quakes and bedrock shifting to ascertain any immediate threat-if it blows in our lifetimes then we can say goodbye to terry wogan and a trip to the bookies!!lol. Personally, i try and avoid mass media like the prov. plague and look for source and alternative information-i suppose some info. will be contaminated down the line at some point but it's about common sense and hard facts. This isn't the geologist in me-i'm trying to forge a balance between a currently limited science factory with a mainstream hype and substance. Hope this clarifies me a little matey.You also have the potential for half of las palmas sliding into the atlantic through a major quake event resulting in a massive tsunami...there are loads of potential hazards -most look to the obvious such as nuke attack,bio attack/pandemic etc.There are countless natural forms of catastrophe-i'm just wanting peeps to observe everything around them and don't be afraid as when something of this caliber goes off!!...The rest is self explanatory.